So let’s play some predictions using the official NCAA RPI of the likely teams in the field.

There are 36 at-large berths. But there will be multiple berths out of the ACC, Big Ten, Big East, Big 12, SEC, Pac-12 and American. Let’s give the WCC and the A-10 two bids for now. That would mean there would be a total of 45 teams that would make the field out of this list.

Here are the top 68 in the RPI through Jan. 7.

The most important quadrants are the first two so those are the ones listed. For the purposes of this snapshot, I will tag each team with a projection label of being safe, stable, unlikely, TBD or nope.

There are a number of lower-profile teams sandwiched among elite teams. That’s why the numbers are not the sole tool for a bid. Some of the rankings may surprise some people for teams in the top 25 or the Power 36 while other teams in the top 68 in the RPI have no shot of being at-large candidates.

This is a fluid situation and will change daily. But as the season heads into the meat of the conference season, this should give everyone a good idea of where their respective team stands.

Rank

Team (Overall Record)

Quadrant 1 Record

Quadrant 2 Record

Status

1

Duke (13-2)

3-0

5-2

Safe

2

Virginia (14-1)

2-1

2-0

Safe

3

Xavier (15-2)

2-2

4-0

Safe

4

Seton Hall (14-2)

3-1

2-0

Safe

5

Clemson (14-1)

2-1

3-0

Safe

6

Villanova (14-1)

2-1

3-0

Safe

7

Oklahoma (12-2)

2-2

1-0

Safe

8

North Carolina (12-4)

3-3

1-0

Safe.

9

Arizona State (13-2)

3-2

3-0

Safe

10

Tennessee (10-4)

2-4

3-0

Safe

11

Kansas (12-3)

4-2

2-1

Safe

12

Kentucky (12-3)

0-3

5-0

Safe

13

Auburn (14-1)

3-1

2-0

Safe

14

West Virginia (14-1)

3-1

3-0

Safe

15

Purdue (15-2)

4-1

2-1

Safe

16

Nevada (15-3)

1-2

3-0

Stable

17

Arkansas (11-4)

2-4

1-0

Safe

18

TCU (13-2)

2-2

3-0

Safe

19

Wichita State (13-2)

1-2

5-0

Safe

20

Rhode Island (11-3)

1-3

1-0

Stable

21

Texas Tech (14-1)

2-1

2-0

Safe

22

Miami (13-2)

3-0

0-1

Safe

23

Michigan State (15-2)

1-2

2-0

Safe

24

Arizona (12-4)

3-2

1-2

Safe

25

Ohio State (13-4)

1-3

3-1

Safe

26

Butler (12-5)

2-4

2-1

Safe

27

Florida State (12-3)

2-2

1-1

Safe

28

Texas A&M (11-4)

3-2

1-1

Safe

29

Buffalo (9-5)

0-3

1-2

Nope

30

Missouri (10-4)

2-2

1-1

TBD

31

Syracuse (12-4)

1-1

1-3

TBD

32

Louisville (11-4)

0-4

0-0

TBD

33

Middle Tennessee (10-4)

0-2

1-1

Unlikely

34

Cincinnati (14-2)

4-2

2-0

Safe

35

Creighton (13-3)

1-2

3-1

Safe

36

Saint Mary's (15-2)

1-1

1-0

TBD

37

Notre Dame (12-3)

2-1

1-0

Stable

38

Georgia (11-3)

2-1

3-1

Stable

39

Michigan (13-3)

1-2

1-1

Stable

40

Temple (7-8)

2-4

2-1

Nope

41

Lipscomb (8-5)

0-4

1-1

Nope

42

St. Bonaventure (11-4)

3-1

1-1

Stable

43

Marquette (11-5)

1-4

3-1

TBD

44

UCLA (12-4)

1-2

1-1

TBD

45

Boise State (12-3)

0-2

2-0

TBD

46

Providence (11-6)

3-2

0-3

TBD

47

Washington (12-4)

2-2

1-2

TBD

48

Florida (11-4)

3-3

1-0

Safe

49

Maryland (13-4)

1-4

1-0

TBD

50

Wyoming (10-5)

0-3

4-0

Nope

51

Alabama (9-6)

2-2

2-3

TBD

52

Western Kentucky (10-5)

1-1

1-2

Nope

53

Houston (12-3)

2-1

1-1

TBD

54

San Diego State (9-4)

1-2

2-0

Nope

55

William & Mary: (9-4)

0-3

0-0

Nope

56

USC (11-6)

1-3

1-1

TBD

57

St. John's (9-6)

0-4

1-1

Nope

58

UCF (12-4)

1-3

3-1

TBD

59

Texas (10-5)

2-2

3-3

Stable

60

UC Davis (8-5)

0-3

1-2

Nope

61

Utah (10-5)

1-4

1-0

Nope

62

New Mexico State (11-3)

1-1

0-1

Nope

63

South Dakota State (10-5)

1-4;

2-1

Nope

64

South Carolina (9-5)

0-3

2-2

Nope

65

Gonzaga (14-3)

2-3

2-0

Safe

66

Mississippi State (12-2)

1-1

0-1

Nope

67

Elon (9-6)

0-1

1-3

Nope

68

SMU (12-5)

1-2

3-2.

TBD

Andy Katz is an NCAA.com correspondent. Katz worked at ESPN for 18 years as a college basketball reporter, host and anchor. Katz has covered every Final Four since 1992, and the sport since 1986 as a freshman at Wisconsin. He is a former president of the United States Basketball Writers Association. Follow him on Twitter at @theandykatz.

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